Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States was introduced in the United States that targeted Chinese migrants following the California gold rush and those coming to build the railway, including:
- Anti-Coolie Act of 1862
- Page Act of 1875
- Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
- Pigtail Ordinance
See also
- Burlingame Treaty
- Chinese Exclusion Act – (United States)
- China exclusion policy of NASA, 2011 – (United States)
- Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 – (Canada)
- Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 – (Canada)
- Definitions of whiteness in the United States
- Eugenics in the United States
- Geary Act
- Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965
- Magnuson Act
References
External links
- Chinese Exclusion Act Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
- George Frederick Seward and the Chinese Exclusion Act | "From the Stacks" at New-York Historical Society
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